Improved foot-best for horses



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JOHN' E. TUCKER, OF MONTFORT,'WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR` TO HIMSELF, THOMASTUCKER, J. H. LINCOLN, AND A. P. HAMMON.

Lettere Patent k.Nm 61,897, dated February '5, 1867.

IMPROVED FOOT-REST FOB. HORSES.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. TUCKER, of Montfort, 'in the county ofGrant, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful ImprovedFoot-Rest for Horses; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull,`

clear, and. exact description thereof, which' will enable those skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had: to theaccompanying drawings,v forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of myivention.A

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention is designed fora rest or block on which to-place a horsesfoot whilst dressing the liooi, clenching the nails, etc., inhorse-shoeing.

The invention consists in a revolving foot-rest mounted upon a suitablestool or support, whose legs are,

provided with feet whereby the device may be more readily held to theground by the foot of the blacksmith or other person using the device.

A designates a foot-rest'for the horse; this is arranged to revolve on apivot, a, which is aixed in a block,

B. The'block B is supported in the present instance upon three legs C CC, each of which is provided with feet` b b b, the said feet being bentaround so as to be out of the Way.V These feet not only give a firmersupportato the'device, but they are so arranged that the blacksmith orperson who operates upon the horses hoof can press with his boot upononeof these feet, and thus hold th'device more securely in position. Thefoot-rest A is hallowed out so that it corresponds in a measure to thehoof of the horse when laid sideivise therein for the purpose oftrimming it or aiixing the shoe. Upon the top of this foot-rest A thereis a nearly semicircular metallic strip D; in other words, it is cfashape so that when the horses shoe is placed thereon, it-will constii.tute a metallic base along under the heads of the nails to hold themWhilst thepoints are .being clenched. Thus it will Ybe seen that by thissimple arrangement, which is light and very portable, the greater partof the Work of a blacksmith in shoeing horses may be performed with easeand rapidity, and the -hoof being heldby a flange on' lhe piece or stripC, the blacksmithwill'be saved the labor 'of holding the foot of arestless horse between his legs, a's is the usual practice. l i

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 4 Thedevice herein described forA blacksmiths use in shoeing horses, saiddevice consisting of the foot rest A, supported on the block B, so as torevolve, the legs C having feetb. all constructed and arranged.substarh` i lrally as shown and described.

JOHN E. TUCKER.

Witnesses: m

THOMAS Laino, E. BELL.

